Well, I’m back with a sound that isn’t as dance-y as what we were blaring last week. This week’s featured artist is The Kin, a brother duo from Australia who may be this generation’s Nelson Twins, minus the weird, icky “when is close, too close?” bond.

With the exception of strings, The Kin played every instrument on their record “Rise and Fall,” including bass and drums, themselves. The brothers utilized every inch of a 40-acre property to record this unflinching, uncompromising effort that included the sounds of automobiles driving past, a hunter’s bullet whizzing by, late night drunken conversations, fingers running around the rims of wine glasses and a myriad of other quirky, eccentric noises and sounds, all of which give “Rise and Fall” a feel and sound entirely its own.

“Rise and Fall” is full of tracks that take you into a strange rabbit hole of earthly emotions, almost as if your chasing some gal named Alice. Their first single “Together,” out earlier this year, purées an organic feeling of tranquility with plucks of guitar and chimes straight out of an Aimee Mann sound collection. And the emotional wave that is “Nowhere to No-here” lives in my “songs that should have been in Rent” playlist. All of their songs really encompass a sound that could very well embody any one of Michel Gondry’s films (Ya’know, that guy who did “Eternal Sunshine” … ya’know, that movie with Jim Carey, the really weird freaky backwards one … come on people!)

So by now you have either scrolled down and played the song, or really want me to wrap it up, well … fine! This week’s featured track is “New Day” from their live album, due out later this year, and here’s a little bonus, not only is it living on this pretty little purple blog for you to listen to but guess what? This week the track is FREE TO DOWNLOAD! Yea, I totally just capped your ass. Just another tasty treat from the gang at PopWrap.

So Snag it or Drag it into your playlist, just right click+save as, Rhyming is Fun!

The Kin – New Day MP3 Free Download

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Here is a crazy mad remix from those kids James and Celeste (Myspace here) of CHIC AND THE TRAMP’s track ‘Delorean’  CATC are a crazy japanese duo who sounds tons like Justice to me (without the crazy BUMPS).

Chick & The Tramp - Delorean Remix   Download | MP3

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Well, about a year ago I remember cruising around Dallas with my very best pals and listening to a young chaps tracks called “Play Radio Play” and LOVING IT! Now, 10+ months later, he is about to blow the seams off the indie brand that we febelishly call ‘emo’. I have a feeling he may redefine the entire category itself. Here are three of my favorites for you to check out. You will not be mad at me at all, you may just go download the whole CD! (I hope.)

Bound to Get Caught   zshare
Madi Don’t Leave   zshare
Compliment Each Other Like Colors   zshare

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So, The Faint is taking the bloggosphere by storm, and I’m not one to ignore rain clouds. I am in love with every single…well single, they are putting out lately. So without any more filler text, here are a few to get your ipod a-bumpin’!

The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (DIOYY Remix)

The Faint “Machine In The Ghost”

The Faint - “Get Seduced”

The Faint - Mirror Error

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Ready. Set. Go.

Masters At Work - “Work” (Chew Fu Refix)
As In RebekkaMaria - “She Lion” (Kasper Bjørke’s Blush Remix)
The Martin Brothers - “Dum” (dubbel dutch Remix)
50 Cent - “What Up Gangsta” (Richie August Dubmix)
Otto Von Shirach - “Gelatine Fixation” (DJ Donna Summer Tittymix)
Larry Tee - “I Love U” (Killer On The Dancefloor Baile Mix)
A Girl And A Gun - “Electroglam” (Norrit Remix)
Wiley - “Wearing My Rolex” (JoolsMF Remix)
Lil Wayne - “Lollipop” (Nasty Ways Remix)
Jamie Lidell - “Little Bit of Feel Good” (Boreta Remix)
Christian Falk ft. Robyn - “Dream On” (Neon Blak Remix)
Roy Parker Jr. - “Ghostbusters” (Super Villains Remix)
Trash Yourself - “Touch” (AC Slater Remix)
Atari - “Have You Played Atari Today” (Herr Styler H.y.p.h.s.t. Remix)
Adam Tensta - “Before U Know It” (Phunk2 Remix)
Poison Clan - “Shake Whatcha Momma Gave Ya” (Lunyp Miami Booty Shaking Mix)
truth® - “Magical Amount” (Mad Decent Remix by DJ Sega)
Fifth Dimension - “Let The Sunshine” (Solly Bmore Edit)
Chic - “My Forbidden Lover” (Friend Mix)
Lykke Li - “Little Bit” (Eke Whaaa Edit)
Adele - “Hometown Glory” (Pocketknife’s Familiar Faces Remix)
Radiohead - “Everything In Its Right Place” (Andi Müllers Looong Mix)

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A few songs to help those who feel they may have screwed things up with a loved one. Me on the other hand, I’m doing spanky.

Blues Run the Game (Jackson C. Frank) - Colin Meloy
Come Around - Rhett Miller
Crying. Waiting. Hoping- Buddy Holly
Fall Apart Again - Brandi Carlile
Hand On Your Heart (Kiley Minogue) - José González
Happiness - Alison Kruass & Union Station
Hello - Schuyler Fisk
I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay
In The Sun - Joseph Arthur
Last of Days - A Fine Frenzy
Life Less Ordinary - Carbon Leaf
The Long Goodbye - A Girl Called Eddy
Low Millions - Low Millions
Photographs of You - Jon Regen
Please Forgive Me - David Gray
Re: Stacks - Bon Iver
So Sorry - Feist
Stay or Leave - Dave Matthews

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Sometimes people stop and say
“Hey there kind sir…what have you added on your playlist lately”
and I go
“Wow, now that you ask I’m not sure, let me check!”
and then they go
“OK, I’ll wait here”

Lucy & The Caterpillar - Beans On Toast
Justice - Sure You Will
Elbow - Back To Black (Amy Winehouse Cover)
Elbow - One Day Like This
Lykke Li - Breaking It Up
Black Kids - Hurricane Jane

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Everyone, even the lizard I stepped on going to the subway this morning, knows I love a good Mash-up….and 3, well that’s just plain bonkers. Dominik Von Werdt brings a triple boom to your iTunes today, and maybe more next week! So click below and get some floorkillin’ remixes and a crazy mashup or two OR THREE!

Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake - Give It To Me (Dominik von Werdt Remix) (zshare) | (ysi)

Nicole Scherzinger feat. T.I. - Whatever U Like (Dominik von Werdt Tempotool) (zshare) | (ysi)

Peaches and Avril Lavigne and Busta Rhymes and Daft Punk - I Wear Them Pants (Dominik von Werdt and Minder Mashup) (zshare) | (ysi)

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She’s a lil old skool Gwen Stefani, a lil Kylie and a splash of 80’s-hot Madonna and the bubble on this chick is about to burst. So here’s some info before the pop on New York’s hottest theatrical-pop artist, Lady GaGa.

GaGa is a 22-year former private school colleague to Paris & Nicky and former songwriter for Interscope records (they now have her on their artist roster). She boasts and she coos on her debut record, The Fame, all full-on with intent to take over the world. Mixing the fashion-keen eye of post-apocalyptic Helmet Newton-meets-Snake Plissken couture with the ooh’s and aah’s of some other femme fatales like Kylie Minogue and Princess Superstar, what’ s most arresting about Lady GaGa is her unequivocal attitude towards ruling the world, saying she’s going to do it “one sequin at a time”. And not only is she a sass-pot, but she’s also writing for New Kids On The Block!? WHO KNEW! And she is on a track on their new CD, “Big Boy/Big Girl” (featuring Lady GaGa). So here are a few singles, they’re fun, sexy, completely sexual and terribly easy to dance to. So go on then. Get your feet moving.

1) Lady GaGa featuring Colby O’Donis - Just Dance Download | MP3
2) Lady GaGa - Beautiful Dirty Rich Download | MP3

(article here)

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Well Anderson Cooper, from 360 on CNN said it best “certainly he’s adorable, frankly I can watch this bear for hours” We, here at All Of It, thought this is what was playing on Anderson monitor in the studio:

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Momenta, the neck worn PC also captures the best and most exciting moments of your life. Ever thought, “Man I wish I had that on tape!” When everybody is laughing themselves to tears, Momenta has already captured the previous 5 minutes from its rolling buffer and continues to record until you tell it to stop. Triggered by increased heart rate, it captures those hilarious or exciting moments that are usually lost forever. Whether it’s an exciting sports experience, a funny social scene, the scene of an accident, etc. you can capture it and share it.

Using the new light-weight Microsoft operating system, SLIM, this PC travels with you effortlessly. The projected touch-gesture interface allows you to interact with your software wherever you are without requiring interface peripherals but its wide-coverage 700 MHz WiFi wireless allows both connection to the web and to performance enhancing peripherals.

What you just read is an entry in the Next Gen Design Competiton. Granted, it’s merely a design prototype and certainly in production (yet) - It seems like a completely feasible contraption. Why I’m terrified is movies like ‘Strange Days’ and ‘Minority Report’… Should these inventions become a reality, how far are we from a violence-from-the-victim’s-perspective epidemic? The rate of snuff films from a murder victim’s point of view will skyrocket.

That being said, it’s a pretty cool idea.

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Well, looks like New York is getting a little whacko! (more than normal I guess) A couple in a famed apartment building that has been home to the likes of Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Igor Stravinsky and Angelina Jolie are suing a neighbor over her heavy smoking. Lawyers Jonathan and Jenny Needleman Selbin say in a lawsuit filed Thursday that their home in the Ansonia on Manhattan’s Upper West Side “smells like a casino” because a chain-smoking neighbor, Galila Huff, filled their apartment and the hallways with smoke almost daily from their arrival in 2003 until last year. Huff, who owns Caffe La Fenice at Broadway and 69th Street, admitted when reached at home that she was a smoker. She said she knew about the lawsuit but could not discuss it.

Huff’s smoke sometimes came directly into the Selbins’ apartment through vents from shared duct work, court papers say. The couple said they worried about the “grave danger” the secondhand smoke posed to their son Charlie, who is now nearly 4.

The attorney couple said Friday that the building’s management renovated the ducts in early 2007 and mostly fixed that problem, but the renovations did nothing to address the secondhand smoke wafting through the hallways.

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